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Appearance

The Snail Blasters are based on snails. It has a silver robotic head with two eyes balls connected to the body via cables, and a heavy red shell with green edge plates above its head. The Snail Blasters' main weapons are two gray projectile cannons inside its shell, which are revealed by opening a hatch on its shell.

In Sonic Lost World, the Snail Blasters' appearance has been given slight alternations. Its shell is now more tire-shaped, its green edge plating is larger and it has cyan eyes.

Powers and abilities

Snail Blasters are able to climb walls by slowly groveling on them. As offense, they are equipped with two laser cannons inside their shells which can fire projectiles. Snail Blasters can also use their red shells to hide inside for protection. In Sonic Lost World, Snail Blasters gained the ability to curl into their shells for a wheel-form to move faster along the ground.

Game appearances

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

In Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Snail Blasters appear in the Launch Base Zone where they stick to walls. When the player approaches them, the Snail Blasters will open their shell and fire energy balls out of two hidden cannons (at 45 degrees above and below horizontal). After this, they will close their shell again. They can only be destroyed with a Spin Jump while their shell is open, and is otherwise invulnerable.

In gameplay, Snail Blasters do not climb on walls, but are moving slowly in the lateral direction on the ground, until it reaches a certain point where it stops and shoots two energy projectiles towards Sonic. If the player is close to them though, the Snail Blasters will curl into wheels and roll towards Sonic. Normally, the player can destroy them with a Flying Kick, multiple Homing Attacks, or a Focused Homing Attack.

Sonic Runners series

Sonic Runners

In Sonic Runners, the Snail Blaster is one of the enemies encountered in the speed type characters' stages. Like in Sonic Lost World, they are slowly groveling in the opposite direction, and appear either separately or in groups.

Like the other enemies in the game, the Snail Blasters come in three types: there are the regular types, a golden type that grants extra 300 points when destroyed, and a dark grey type called Super Snail Blasters that only Color Powers and power type characters can destroy. All variations contain Animals inside them.